Seam for sewed articles.



vR. LOEB. v

SAM FOR SEWED ARTICLES. APPLICATION man JUNE l2. 1913.

Patented June 13, v1916.

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RUDOLF Lons, or JENKiN'roWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

SEAlVI FOR ED ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1916.

Application filed June 1,2, 1913.` Serial No. 773,275.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, RUDOLF Iion, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jenkintown, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improve-k ments in Scams for bewed Articles, of

' which the following is a specification.

My invention relatesv to ornamentation effected by embroidery stitching, andV comprises a seam for sewed articles, which Vin some instances may be circular and inv which I am enabled to effect a novel forml of ornamentation in the form of large eyelet embroidery.

.A further feature of my invention consists in applying an additional row of short stitches to the larger stitches so as to overedge or buttonhole the inner marginal edge of the seam, whether inclosing an eyelet or formed in the body of the fabric.

These and other features of my invention will be more fully described hereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l, is a view of the obverse side of one form of seam, which may be circular, madein accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, is a view of the reverse side of the seam shown in Fig. l; Fig. 3, is a cross sectional view of the seam shown in Figs. l and 2;y

Fig. 4, is a viewV of the obverse side of a further modification within the scope of my invention, and Figs. 5 and 6, are views of other forms of ornamental seams made in accordance with my invention. Y

In the formation of these seams, I em- .ploy a machine with a vibrating needle,

which machine is equippedwith mechanism for turning the work with respect to the machine while the needle of the same vibrates in a single plane and lays stitches in a radial direction with reference to a predetermined center. By this means I am able to form a seam, which may be circular, of raised stitches 1 radiating from a common center and surrounding an aperture 2, or a space 2ad of the fabric, which apertureor space may be of any suitable dimensions. Directly adjacent the edge of the aperture, I may provide a series of short stitches 3, which stitches have the effect ofoveredging or buttonlioling the margin of the aperture 2 or space 2a, and these are employed in com# bination with the longer stitches forming the major portion of the seam.

, In the structure shown in Fig. l, the

thread 6;

stitches l are substantially the same length from the margin of the aperture 2 to the circular outline defined by the seam, with a series of shorter stitches 3 directly adjacent the margin of the aperture. These longer stitches have. loops on the under side; one loop t extending radially and facing toward the center from which the stitches are laid, while the other loop 5 is also radial and faces awayfrom the center from which the stitches radiate, and these under loops are caught by a single shuttle The shorter threads may be formed simultaneously with or subsequently to the longer stitches, and also have radially disposed loops e and 5a caught by a single shuttle thread 6a. n Y

In the seam illustrated in F ig.L 4, the radial stitches ln are gradually shortened in groups so as to give a flower' like effect; each of said stitches, however, possessing the radially disposed loops on the under side of the fabric arranged iny the same manner as indicatedY in F ig.v 2 certain of said loops facing inwardly, andthe others facing outwardly, and the whole caught by a single shuttle thread. This seam is also provided with the short edging stitches 3 directly adjacent the margin of the aperture encircled by the seam. A Y y In Figs. 5 and 6, I have shown'other forms of seams within the scope of my in-V vention; Fig.Y 5 showing a seam with a plurality of long stitches 11D spaced some distance apart and the over-edging orbuttonhole stitches 3b following the margin ofthe the fabric caught byV cular embroidery seam consisting of a piece of material having a. plurality of sets of radial stitches Vformed with continuous needle threads surrounding a space, one set of which stitches extend in straight radial lines continuously on the obverse from the innermargin of the space to the outer pet some of which extend inward radially from theV circumference of the circular seam, While others extend outward from the inner margin of the seam, the ends of the several loops 'on the reverse side of the fabric lying adjacent to each other, and independent shuttle threads independently securing the loops of the several sets of stitches.

In testimony whereof7 I have signed my 15 name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

RUDOLF LOEB.

Witnesses:

JAMES W. RooNnY, VILDA B. BESSER.,

copies of this patent mayV b e obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner or Patents i Washington, D. G." 

